Not one, not two, but three choral groups will serenade the UE community with carols in this Friday night’s “Christmas 3″ show by the UE Office of Cultural Affairs in the Manila Campus!

The sight of the tall and bright Christmas tree at the Quadrangle and the sound of angelic choruses of the University of the East Chorale, the Technological Institute of the Philippines Choral Society, and the University of the Philippines-Manila Chorale singing Yuletide tunes… these are just some of the ways that make all of us Warriors Super Happy sa Silangan!

This free show will be held at the Dalupan Lobby this Friday starting at 6 p.m. Don’t miss it!

Photo shows, from left, Ms. Gacula, Mr. Manalo and Ms. Chua at the National University.

Congratulations to the members of the UE Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants-Manila (UE-JPIA Manila) for their spectacular performance in PedXing: JPIAN Passage Through Number, the 1st Literary and Arts Festival organized by the National Federation of JPIA-NCR. The event was held on November 8, 2015 at the National University, Sampaloc, Manila.

Christian C. Baria, a 4th-year BS Entertainment and Multimedia Computing (BS EMC) student of the UE College of Computer Studies and Systems (CCSS), won First Prize in this year’s YMCA of Manila Magazine Cover Design Contest.

The formal announcement was made by the YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) within the last week of October 2015. The contest was in line with the upcoming YMCA of Manila 40th National Congress of College Students, which will be held at the Senior Mess of Teacher’s Camp in Baguio City, the traditional site of the congress.

The magazine design entries from several schools that are members of the YMCA College Student Y Council (CSYC), reflect this year’s congress theme, which is “Synergy @ 40: Networking through Engagement to Become Responsible and Good Youth.”

Mr. Baria’s winning design (see image here) will adorn the cover of the Congress’ new magazine, which will be distributed during the Congress proper from November 28 to December 2, 2015. He also enjoys the privilege of attending the YMCA 40th Congress as a delegate free of charge, meaning he will not have to pay the customary registration fee.

The University of the East Caloocan Guidance and Counseling Office (GCO) will be having its 4th Guidance Week Celebration on November 9 to 13, 2015 with the theme “Zero to Hero: Your Journey to a Super You.”

Led by UE Caloocan Guidance Coordinator Remedios C. Moog, RGC, RPm, with the support of her zealous counselors and staffers, the UE Caloocan GCO continues to support UE’s Total Student Care policy by developing the best and most responsive programs aimed to help UE students achieve their optimal development.

The thrust of this year’s Guidance Week Celebration is to showcase the uniqueness of superheroes and their qualities and characteristics worth emulating and imbibing in our students, so that they too can become heroes in their own right.

The celebration kicks off with “Heroes’ Welcome” opening ceremonies on November 9, 2015. The activities will include a Thanksgiving Mass, the Opening of Exhibits, a Cosplay Competition and a Cosplay Parade with Meet and Greet to promote the GCO to the student body.

The second day, November 10, will have “League of Extraordinary People” as theme. Group guidance sessions will be conducted for the GCO’s special groups, namely “Unique Hero Inside” for international students, and “Esteem Power: A Guide to Become a Self-Directed Individual” for the college probationary students under the Self-Esteem Power Program (SEPP).

On November 11, a.k.a. “Power Enhancement Day,” the GCO will conduct a wide array of enrichment seminars for the students. Topics will include “Go Cyber Warriors!: A Seminar on Cyber Threats and Security” for 2nd-year college students in coordination with the PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group; “Possessing the Characteristics of a Superb Worker,” a Work Attitude, Values, and Ethics (WAVE) seminar for 3rd-year college students featuring UE CBA Caloocan professor and 2015 Happiest Pinoy winner Dr. Richardson E. Navor as keynote speaker; “Be Someone’s Hero…Stop Bullying,” an Anti-Bullying Seminar for Grade 6 and 7 Students with resource speaker Dr. Sheila Marie G. Hocson, RGC, RP; and, “Extraordinary Will, Extraordinary Children: Building, Enjoying, Sustaining and Treasuring (B.E.S.T.) Friendship” with guest speaker Dr. Felipe P. Briana, RGC.

“Fellowship of the Peers” is set for November 12. The highlights of the day will include the annual interschool peer interaction which this year has “Peers of Today, Heroes of Tomorrow” as theme, where peer facilitators and peer counselors from other higher educational institutions convene for learning, fun, and camaraderie. The self-identified LGBT support group will also hold its fellowship session, to strengthen the bonds between the members of the support group and their allies.

On November 13, “Heroes’ Day Off,” leisure activities and a community outreach program designed for stress and emotional relief will cap off the weeklong celebration. The day will see “Painting Therapy” done in coordination with 2002 Handiceramics Shop; “Art Collage and Toy Exhibit”; a “Cineinternational” Movie Day Fundraiser by the International Students Organization (ISO); and “Tugtugan Session” a music-therapy community outreach program for the children of Bahay Kalinga ng Valenzuela.

For further details, please call 367-4572 local 175 or visit the UE Caloocan Guidance and Counseling Office Facebook page.

Table Tennis Team for emerging as the 1st Runner-Up in the first ever UAAP Girls’ Table Tournament, which debuted in the ongoing 78th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. Warrior Sharlina Andino was awarded as this new tournament’s first ever Rookie of the Year. The tournament’s finals were held this past Thursday, October 29, 2015, at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Malate, Manila. The Junior Lady Warriors were ultimately swept by the eventual champion De La Salle-Zobel Junior Lady Archers in a 3-2 scoreline in two matches. Still, kudos for all your valiant efforts and tenacity, Warrior Table Netters! Go fight, Red and White! GO FIGHT, RED AND WHITE!

Faculty members of the UE College of Business Administration-Manila attended the 2nd Mid-Year Accounting Teachers’ Conference (MYATC) organized by the National Association of CPAs in Education (nACPAE) and held from October 19 to 21, 2015. The three-day event was held at the Sunway Putra Hotel in in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

UE Professors Claudio Agsi, Angelito Descalzo and Ellen Rose Pineda joined the more than 100 accounting teachers and reviewers from different colleges, universities, and review centers all over the Philippines in the educational benchmarking with the University of Kuala Lumpur, the University of Malaya and UNITAR International University.

A highlight of the conference was the keynote speech by H.E. Jose Eduardo E. Malaya III, the Philippine Ambassador to Malaysia. Resource persons in the technical sessions included the Philippine Labor Attaché, directors and faculty members of the top three universities in Malaysia, and representatives of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants, CPA Australia, the Institute of Certified Accountants in England and Wales, and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. Members of the Philippines’ Board of Accountancy led by its Honorable Chairman Joel L. Tan-Torres, were also in attendance.

The conference program also gave recognition to researches done by faculty members from Palawan State University, the University of Northern Philippines, the University of Santo Tomas and the University of the East by giving them the opportunity to present their respective papers. Prof. Descalzo presented the “Impact of Online Social Networking on Academic Performance of UE Student-Users” which was published in the Journal of Strategic and International Studies Volume X Number 4 2015.

Prof. Descalzo was part of the conference organizing committee of nACPAE and served as host together with Dean Jose Ireneo, a Past President of the Association.

UE College of Business Administration-Manila Professor and UE Manila On-the-Job Training Coordinator Jayme C. Ignacio presented his paper on entrepreneurship at the 2015 ASBE/EEP Conference held on September 23-25, 2015 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA. The conference was jointly organized by the Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ASBE) and the Entrepreneurship Education Project, both of which are professional organizations of educators based in the United States.

Prof. Ignacio, through his paper titled “Integrated Entrepreneurial Venture: Re-engineering Business Education in the University of the East,” tackled the pedagogical way of teaching entrepreneurship to students, particularly to non-entrepreneurship students of majors such as Business Management, Financial Management, Marketing Management and Business Economics.

Prof. Ignacio’s discussion also included how entrepreneurial undertaking can be done in an educational institution even if it is not offering any entrepreneurship course. His presentation also emphasized the possibility that the methodology will enable non-entrepreneurship students to develop their entrepreneurial acumen.

The other conference attendees expressed interest as his paper was noted to be unique, since all of the representatives presented researches and practices directly in line with their entrepreneurship course offering.

Professor Ignacio was the lone Philippine representative, with the other attendees coming from Jamaica, Indonesia, India and the USA.

The photo here shows Prof. Ignacio (third from right) with members of the Conference Secretariat.

Congratulations to everyone in the UE Red Warriors Taekwondo Team for their very stellar performance in the recently concluded UAAP Season 78 Taekwondo Tournament!

The tournament was held on October 13, 15, 21 and 23, 2015 at the Blue Eagle Gym of Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City.

The UE Taekwondo Juniors’ Team scored a three-peat by winning the championship in Juniors’ Tournament for the third year in a row, this time by sweeping all five of its UAAP 78 matches. John Shadrach Tan was also heralded as the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.

The Lady Warrior Jins likewise emerged as champion, captured their first ever UAAP women’s taekwondo championship by sweeping all six of their UAAP 78 games. Per the UAAP press corps, the Lady Warriors downed NU, 5-2, and Far Eastern University, 4-3, in the final day to cap a dominant campaign. Baby Jessica Canabal was awarded Rookie of the Year, while teammate Karen Cells was the tournament’s Most Valuable Player. Winning gold medals in their respective divisions were Karen Cells (finweight), Baby Jessica Canapal (flyweight) and Darlene Mae Arpon (featherweight). Nicole Ann McCann (lightweight) won a silver medal while Angie Dayag (bantamweight) won a bronze medal.

The Men’s Taekwondo Team for its part bagged the tournament’s 1st Runner-Up title. The Warriors wound up at 5-1 after a 4-3 decision over the Bulldogs, but the Recto-based jins lost the chance of winning their first-ever men’s title by virtue of winner-over-the-other rule, which went in favor of UST. Warrior Frasser Tahil (lightweight) won the team’s lone medal, while Deniel Kyle Buan (featherweight), Cris Paul John Mirasol (midweight), King Philip Pineda (flyweight) and Jenar Torillos (bantamweight) all won silver medals. Jean Nigel Buan (finweight) won the team’s lone bronze medal.

The UE Red Warriors Taekwondo Team are under Coaches Jeffrey Figueroa, Maurice Adrian Ronario, Anthony John Samia and Joenel Rendora.